It is estimated that 100 million sharks are killed by people every year, due to commercial and recreational fishing.

A shark sanctuary is an area that forbids commercial fishing operations from catching any shark. Nations around the world enaged in shark fishery must urgently protect sharks from extinction and establish shark santuries.

Following are the Largest Sharks of our Oceans:

1. Whale Shark (Rhiniodon typus) 41.5 feet

The whale shark, Rhincodon typus, is a slow-movingfilter feedingshark, the largest living fishspecies. The largest confirmed individual was 12.65 metres (41.50 ft) in length and the heaviest weighed more than 36 tonnes (79,000 lb)

The great white shark, Carcharodon carcharias, also known as great white, white pointer, white shark, or white death, is a large lamniformshark found in coastal surface waters in all major oceans. The great white shark is very well known for its size, with the largest individuals known to have approached or exceeded 6 metres (20 ft) in length, and 2,268 kilograms (5,000 lb) in weight.